Underwriting

The number of people in the UK living with lung cancer will have doubled by 2040 from around 65,000 in 2010 to around 137,000 and the number of women living with lung cancer will rise 35 times faster than in men, Macmillan Cancer Support has warned.

Today's Protection industry is largely unrecognisable to that of a decade or so years ago, and yet some habits appear to die hard, says Nick Aumonier.

With the Consumer Insurance act coming into force in March 2013, advisers should ensure their medical assessment approach is compliant and defensible, Morgan Ash has warned.

Foresters Life is working on cutting costs in its outsourced underwriting process.

A midlands-based employee benefits and health insurer has launched a group life assurance initiative aimed at the SME and MSME market.

Medical information provider MorganAsh will provide full outsource underwriting and claims services for a small insurer.

Ageas' underwriting division has been awarded chartered status by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).

The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries has partnered with the Scottish Financial Risk Academy to further actuarial science.

The FSA has responded to an industry provider letter regarding the phase out of financial advisers collating medical information.

Aviva is piloting Subject Access Requests to explore the benefits of obtaining customer's full medical reports for underwriting.